Formula | (Cu, Fe, Ag, Zn)12Sb4S13 |
Origin | Cavnic (Romania) |
Description | Tetrahedrite with galenite, pyrite and baryte |
Classification (Lapis) | Sulfides |
Crystal System | Cubic |
Hardness | 3,0 – 4,5 |
Colour | Flint-gray to iron-black to dull black, cherry-red in transmitted light; in polished section, gray inclining to olive-brown |
Streak | Black to brown |
Luminescence | none observed |
Lustre | Metallic |
Transparency (Opacity) | Opaque |
Cleavage | |
Fracture | Subconchoidal |
Magnetism | non magnetic |
Geological Setting | Typically in hydrothermal veins or contact metamorphic deposits of low to medium temperature of formation |
Specific Gravity | 4,99 g/cm3 |